Akha baby

This baby and others were around all the time, another baby was carried around and looked after all day by an probably 10 year old. Some children usually come to the fields with their parents as this picture was taken on a pretty steep hill in the fields. The baby is also wearing a typical Akha hat.

from the village

November 9th 2004
i just got back from an Akha village in Chiang Rai and here are some pictures. Maybe i should fill in some details a bit. Similar to the situation in Canada , hill tribe people have somewhat of a minority standing here in Canada for several reasons. Most are not traditionally from Thailand and immigrated here as early as 30 years ago, due to such things are world war 2 , the vietnam war etc. They ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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